The Waiting is Over – Nursing Home Need Projections Show Need in 31 Subdistricts

The waiting is over. The official AHCA Fixed Need Pool projections have been released. Positive bed need is shown in 31 nursing home subdistricts. This includes the following subdistricts with a projected Need in excess of 200 beds: Subdistrict 3-2 (Alachua, Bradford, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafeyette, Levy and Union counties); Subdistrict 3-7 (Lake and Sumter counties); Subdistrict 6-5 (Polk County); Subdistrict 7-2 (Orange County). There are an additional 10 subdistricts with projected Need in excess of 100 beds. Below is a complete listing of all subdistricts with the projected Need:

Community Nursing Home Bed Need

District 1

Subdistrict 1

160

Subdistrict 2

0

Subdistrict 3

0

District 2

Subdistrict 1

56

Subdistrict 2

63

Subdistrict 3

14

Subdistrict 4

86

Subdistrict 5

19

District 3

Subdistrict 1

99

Subdistrict 2

227

Subdistrict 3

43

Subdistrict 4

140

Subdistrict 5

65

Subdistrict 6

66

Subdistrict 7

205

District 4

Subdistrict 1

111

Subdistrict 2

170

Subdistrict 3

167

Subdistrict 4

0

District 5

Subdistrict 1

67

Subdistrict 2

89

District 6

Subdistrict 1

110

Subdistrict 2

0

Subdistrict 3

0

Subdistrict 4

25

Subdistrict 5

203

District 7

Subdistrict 1

131

Subdistrict 2

218

Subdistrict 3

130

Subdistrict 4

122

District 8

Subdistrict 1

23

Subdistrict 2

37

Subdistrict 3

0

Subdistrict 4

0

Subdistrict 5

40

Subdistrict 6

0

District 9

Subdistrict 1

18

Subdistrict 2

37

Subdistrict 3

6

Subdistrict 4

0

Subdistrict 5

0

District 11

Subdistrict 1

168

Subdistrict 2

0

Geoffrey D. Smith is a shareholder in the law firm of Smith & Associates, and has practiced in the area of health care law and CON regulation for over 20 years.